Preceded by Istvan Balsai Succeeded by Ibolya David | Name Pal Vastagh Role Hungarian Politician | |
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Born 23 September 1946
Nagyszenas, Second Hungarian Republic ( 1946-09-23 ) Profession politician, jurist, diplomat Political party Hungarian Socialist Workers\' Party, Hungarian Socialist Party | ||
Pál Vastagh (born 23 September 1946) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1994 and 1998. He joined to the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) in 1966. During the democratic changes in Hungary (1989–1990) he supported the communist rule and the Workers' Militia which Vastagh called the "people's army". In 1989 he was a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party. He became ambassador to Ottawa, Canada in 2006; as a result of that he resigned from his parliamentarian seat.
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